Just found out the answer this morning, simple...let me know if you're still
troubled by this.
Philippe

"MJK_Ipswich" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I recently installed Windows XP Home again after my pc got a bit slow and
> crowded.
> Before I had always connected to my router through a cable but after moving
> my computer I decided to go wireless.
> I installed XP, then connected my wireless USB network adapter. This is
> Belkin, my router is Netgear.
> It took me a while to work it all out but I finally got the internet on my
> PC! I can surf pages all day long, but as soon as I try to download anything
> I get the error message:
> "Internet Explorer cannot download ...*File_Name.exe* from
> download.microsoft.com
> The connection with the server was reset"
>
> I dont have a clue really, I installed IE7 thinking it may be a small setup
> file gone bad and it would fix it, nope. I have WEP key encryption enabled, I
> disabled it to see if that was the problem, nope!
> I find if i click on it about 100 times, after a while it eventually
> downloads, but I generally have to click run on the download prompt.
>
> I dont really know where to start, not to sure how to change IE7 time-out
> settings, was the 1st thing i was going to try.
>
> Thank You
>
> Michael